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Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch

1842

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

Eclipse

1841

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company

1845

Wooden gable, Brandling Junction Railway

1842

Tobacco tin - George Pearson, Darlington Conductor on the Great North of England Railway Coaches, April 13 1841

1841

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Wheatstone ABC telegraph receiver, 1942

1842

Two lancets in a patterned silver case

1844

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Enema syringe set

1841

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Grand Junction Railway locomotive 'Columbine'

1845

E.T. Bellhouse Hydraulic Pump

1845

The New Great Western Timetable

1844

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967